Coming to the clinic even with the common cold, we sometimes hear: "To clarify the diagnosis will have to refer you to the X-ray.
And we are going to "radiate" or take a shot that the doctor was able to accurately determine the nature of pathology. But X-rays, these amazing rays, discovered by the German physicist Roentgen more than a hundred years ago, helping not only in the diagnosis of disease – they also have healing properties. With their help, we can treat both tumor and non-tumoral diseases. In the treatment of nontumorous diseases using X-rays with a shallow absorption of radiation by tissues and in low dosages.
Usually, the X-ray resort when other means proved ineffective or when she has a notorious advantages over them, to the advantage of this method include its simplicity, the possibility of using both ambulatory and in hospital, a painless procedure. On the treatment of patients sends medical specialist (surgeon, neurologist, dermatologist, etc.), and the question of the magnitude of radiation dose, the frequency of sessions and the amount of irradiated tissue is in the competence of the radiologist. Currently, radiotherapy has been successfully used in surgery, neurology, otolaryngology, dermatology, ophthalmology and other fields of medicine. Positive clinical effects observed in 85-98% of cases.
In surgery, radiotherapy is used mainly in acute and chronic suppurative-inflammatory diseases, such as boils, carbuncles, erysipelas, panaritiums, osteomyelitis, postoperative complications and consequences of diabetes – the effectiveness of this method is 90-97%. The most efficient X-ray therapy in the initial stages of the inflammatory process: sometimes only 1-2 treatments is sufficient to suspend its development. And in case of complications of diabetes, accompanied by trophic changes in the tissues of the feet, radiotherapy often avoids surgery.
The largest share in X-ray non-tumorous diseases account for the disease osteo-articular apparatus of degenerative-dystrophic nature – arthritis deformans, periarthritis humeroscapular, spondylitis osteochondrosis, heel and elbow bursitis, rheumatoid arthritis, etc. By providing anti-inflammatory effect on the surrounding joints, soft tissue, X-ray rays contribute to the reduction and disappearance of pain, increase range of motion in the joints or spine. 80% of patients noted subjective improvement in health status already during the treatment. In addition, it is possible to dramatically reduce the dose of painkillers and anti-inflammatory pharmaceuticals, prolonged use of which is often indifferent to the organism.
X-ray radiation is also widely used in the treatment of diseases of the peripheral nervous system – neuritis, neuralgia, radiculitis, plexitis, herpes zoster, and many others. Typically, they cause great suffering and lead to prolonged disability. For these illnesses irradiated locally affected nerve roots, plexus or peripheral nerve trunks. Analgesic effect of X-ray in this case, connected both to the suppression of inflammation in the nerve and surrounding tissues, and with the reduction of pathological impulses.
In dermatology using X-ray treat chronic eczema, neurodermatitis, itchy skin, keloid scars, hemangiomas, etc. In chronic dermatoses, it has anti-inflammatory and analgesic effect, reducing sensitivity to allergens, the recovery of a metabolism in the cells of the epidermis, the normalization of power in the tissues, stimulates skin regeneration. In the initial stage of irradiation of keloid scars can get rid of the pain and itching, helps stop the growth of keloid and leads to regression growths.
Experience over recent years positive experience of the leading clinics of the world confirms the feasibility and effectiveness of X-ray non-tumorous diseases. As shown radiobiological studies, small doses of X-rays had no harmful effects on human body. And the analysis of remote results of radiotherapy in our country and abroad so far revealed no complications or adverse effects of its use.
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